1. Agnes Tait 1894 - 1981 Self Portrait 1934 private collection 11 1/2” x 9” lithograph

2. Skating in Central Park 1934 Smithsonian American Art Museum 33 3/4” x 48” oil on canvas

3. Child with Sailboat 1928 private collection 19 3/4” x 13” watercolor

4. Claiborne Merchant 1951 private collection 24” x 20” watercolor

5. Jacques Cartier 1951 private collection 29 1/4” x 23 1/4” oil on canvas

6. William McNulty 1944 private collection 13” x 10” drawing with conti crayon

7. Raciado c. 1974 private collection 14” x 19” watercolor

8. Sailor Cats 1941 private collection size unknown lithograph

9. Dominique 1937 private collection 10” x 13” lithograph

10. The Survivors c. 1941 private collection 9 5/8” x 15 3/4” lithograph

11. The Lithographic process Lithography is the original form of surface printing and offered a new freedom to the artist or printer. The illustration could be drawn directly onto a highly polished chalky limestone block with special crayon pens. Drawing onto the stone was almost as natural an action as drawing onto paper. This photo gallery shows the lithographic process as it would have be used in the 1800s. Demonstrating the technique is Rew Hanks, Australian contemporary artist and printmaking teacher. A greasy lithographic pencil is applied to a thick slab of limestone, the surface of which has been polished or 'grained'.

12. The image is then fixed to the stone using a weak solution of nitric acid and gum arabic. The image is then washed out with turpentine.

13. A thin layer of bitumen is then applied to the surface of the stone to help replenish the greasy deposits of the image. The stone is then rinsed with water.

14. Then a greasy ink is rolled on. The ink adheres only to the image drawn with the pencil and is repelled by the water-soaked surrounds.

15. Paper is then placed over the inked surface and a metal or plastic sheet is lowered onto it.

16. With the aid of a specific press, a scraper is drawn across to transfer the image to the paper.

17. The final print.